Legal

Site Terms and Conditions of Use

1 ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Your access to and use of the FlirtON website at flirton.com ("the Website") is subject exclusively to these Terms and Conditions. You will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Website you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions you must immediately stop using the Website.

By visiting this website or accepting these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant to us that:

a. you are eighteen (18) years of age or older;

b. your use of this site does not violate any local or applicable laws;

c. registration information provided by you is truthful and accurate;

2 ADVICE

The contents of the Website do not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making or refraining from making, any decision.

3 THE SERVICES

The Website may provide communication tools such as email, bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums and/or other message or communication facilities ("the Services") designed to enable you to communicate with others. Unless stated otherwise the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use only.

4 CHANGES TO WEBSITE

FlirtON reserves the right to:

4.1 change or remove (temporarily or permanently) the Website or any part of it without notice and you confirm that FlirtON shall not be liable to you for any such change or removal; and

4. 2 change these Terms and Conditions at any time, and your continued use of the Website following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change. It is therefore your responsibility to check the Terms and Conditions regularly for any changes.

5 ACCEPTABLE USE

5.1 You acknowledge that all information, text, graphics, logos, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and other materials ("the Content"), whether posted publicly or transmitted privately, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. FlirtON does not control or endorse the Content and cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content and you acknowledge that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that is offensive and/or indecent. FlirtON will not be liable in any way for any Content or for any loss or damage of any kind resulting from the use of any Content transmitted via the Services and you agree to bear all risks associated with the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy or completeness of such Content.

5.2 In using the Website/Services you agree not to:

5.2.1 use the Services to send junk email, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes or any other unsolicited messages, commercial or otherwise;

5.2.2 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that is defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening, abusive, harassing or unlawful;

5.2.3 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that incites discrimination, hate or violence towards any person or group on account of their race, religion, disability, nationality or otherwise;

5.2.4 threaten, abuse, disrupt, stalk or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others;

5.2.5 use any information or material in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent or other proprietary right of any party;

5.2.6 make available or upload files that contain a virus, worm, trojan or corrupt data that may damage the operation of the computer or property of another;

5.2.7 collect or store personal information about others, including email addresses;

5.2.8 advertise or offer to buy or sell goods or services for any commercial purpose, unless such communication facility specifically allows such messages;

5.2.9 impersonate any person or entity for the purpose of misleading others;

5.2.10 violate any applicable laws or regulations;

5.2.11 use the Website/Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website/Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website/Services;

5.2.12 post, publish, distribute or disseminate material or information that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information or confidential information disclosed in the course of employment or under a confidentiality agreement);

5.2.13 attempt to gain unauthorised access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Website/Services through hacking, password mining or any other means.

5.3 FlirtON has no obligation to monitor the Services but shall be entitled to review materials posted to a communications facility and, at its sole discretion, to remove any material that breaches these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable.

6 USER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD AND SECURITY

If a particular Service requires you to open an account you will be required to complete the registration process by providing certain information and registering a username and password for use with the Services. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password and also for all activities that take place under your account. You agree to immediately notify FlirtON of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security. In no event will FlirtON be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever resulting from the disclosure of your username and/or password. You may not use another person’s account at any time, without the express permission of the account holder.

7 TERMINATION

FlirtON has the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Services at any time, without notice, for any reason, including without limitation, breach of these Terms and Conditions. FlirtON may also at any time, at its sole discretion, discontinue the Website/Services or any part thereof without prior notice and you agree that FlirtON shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Website/Services.

8 LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

The Website may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites.

9 COPYRIGHT

9.1 All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in the Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website) are owned by or licensed to FlirtON or otherwise used by FlirtON as permitted by law.

9.2 In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

10 DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

10.1 The Website is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

10.2 To the extent permitted by law, FlirtON will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage whatever (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website.

10.3 FlirtON makes no warranty that the Website/Services will meet your requirements, that the Content will be accurate or reliable, that the functionality of the Website/Services will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website/Services or the server that makes them available are free of viruses or anything else that may be harmful or destructive.

10.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed so as to exclude or limit the liability of FlirtON for death or personal injury as a result of the negligence of FlirtON or that of its employees or agents.

11 INTERNATIONAL USE

You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United Kingdom or the country in which you reside (if different) and with all local laws and rules regarding acceptable use of and conduct on the Internet.

12 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

12.1 The Website and its content (including without limitation the Website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the Website and the Services) are protected by copyright, trade marks, patents and other intellectual property rights and laws. In accessing the Website you agree that you will access the contents solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. This excludes the downloading, copying and/or printing of pages of the Website for personal, non-commercial home use only.

12.2 FlirtON does not claim ownership of any materials you post, upload or submit to any publicly accessible area of the Services. However, by doing so you are granting FlirtON a world-wide, royalty free, non-exclusive licence to copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce, publicly display, edit, translate or publish such Content for as long as you elect to display such Content via the Services. The licence shall be terminated when such Content is deleted from the Services.

13 INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold FlirtON and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against FlirtON arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website.

14 SEVERANCE

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term or Condition shall be severed and the remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

15 GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and you hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Privacy Policy

FlirtON.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. Updates are effective immediately. This policy is effective from 02 April 2011.

Information Collected and Used by FlirtON.com

FlirtOn may collect information including but not limited to name, contact information including email address, photographs, age, preferences and interests, demographic and geographical information such as postal code.

FlirtOn may also log information including but not limited to IP Address, referring website, browser headers, cookie data. We use this information to provide a more personalized experience, to improve our products and services, track usage and prevent fraud. Non-personally identifiable information may be shared with our agents and affiliates to help identify advertizing that may have greater appeal to you. FlirtON.com may use photos provided by you for the purposes of promotion of our services or your profile page. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided, unless you have opted-out of such communications. These communications may be sponsored by a partner of affiliate of ours. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so or to enforce our Terms of Use.

When you mark another member as FlirtON we analyse and aggregate these signals to help determine your preferences in others. This information helps FlirtON.com learn about you and recommend better matches.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Miscellaneous

This Privacy Policy does not create any contractual or legal rights for any party.